Vermeer reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(254 total reviews)
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Jason Andringa

84% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Vermeer has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 254 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vermeer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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254 reviews
5.0
Jul 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

-Small feel to the company since each division is segmented -Engineering management cares about your individual growth -Allowed to work on many parts of a project, not just isolated to one monotonous area -Diversity in product allows movement to other divisions -Choose to work in the office or out on a machine as much as you want -Design engineers can also test their own equipment

Cons

-Engineers can be stretched thin -Small town (a con for me, not for all) -Not many choices for US locations (Pella,IA or Freeman, SD)

3.0
Jun 27, 2016

Design Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with a lot of different people. Occasionally you will get to design something new.

Cons

Pay is low. They don't value experience. Engineering managers are stretched so thin there is little to no oversight. Accepted mediocrity through out the culture, which has led to major quality issues. Production management just wants to see machines on the truck. Family owned business with the third generation taking over. Hope to see the company still alive in 10 years.

5.0
May 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I could go on and on about the pros of working for Vermeer Southeast! To begin, there are the obvious benefits like health, dental, vision, they also suggest Aflac benefits like cancer and short term disability. Vermeer, at no cost, provides you with life insurance. Along with these benefits, Vermeer also provides you with a week paid vacation after 6 months of employment. After the first year through the fourth year, you receive 2 weeks paid vacation. After five years your receive three weeks paid vacation. At the end of each year if you do not use your vacation time they offer you the dollar equivalent of your earned vacation time.Every pay period (every other week) you receive 1.5 hours of paid sick time, which amounts to 5 paid sick days a year. Vermeer Southeast takes pride in taking care of their employees and fostering a sense of team and community. At the end of each month, if the monthly sales quota is met, everyone receives a 100$ bonus on their paycheck. There is also monthly luncheons which provides you with one hour of overtime pay. All of the employees are chatty and friendly but serious about their work and other's work. It is very organized, structured, and streamlined. The work flows smoothly and there are rarely issues. If an employee is out there is always at least 2 or 3 people trained to be backup.

Cons

The ONE AND ONLY con about working here is there is little room for growth in this company. Due to being such a wonderful company to work for there are many employees here with many years of seniority (15-20 years). Although, this does not mean you can not take on more responsibilities.

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